Janiak Maniac
Kings County Brewers Collective (KCBC)

 

This one pours a slightly hazy golden yellow color, with a small head and lots of lacing.

This smells like spicy and floral hop bitterness, and bready malts.

KCBC really does seem to know how to nail pilsners. This has a nice doughiness to it, with a very crisp and clean hop character - spicy, floral and lemony, mostly.

This is light bodied, and very drinkable, with a nice full creaminess on the finish.

This should rate higher than it currently does. It was quite enjoyable.

 

From the can it pours a clear yellow straw color with visible carbonation. A large foam white head retains throughout.

The nose opens with sweet grainy malts. They emit bready and honey like aromas. This is followed by notes of earthy hops and slightly moist and dewy grass.

The taste aligns with the aroma in how it opens with grainy, biscuity and bready malts. A touch of caramel and honey flavors adds some sweetness. This becomes balanced by gentle hops spices that are grassy, fruity, and floral. The bitterness is a bit on the low side. Light to medium bodied, moderately carbonated and semi crisp mouthfeel. The finish is dry.

I’m a big fan of KCBC especially for how expertly they can brew a diverse range of styles. This was certainly refreshing and enjoyable. However, from a ratings standpoint, for me it falls slightly below exceptional as I like my pilsners to have a touch more bitterness and crispness.

 

 

A: The beer is crystal clear light yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a half finger high bright white head that died down, leaving a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface, a narrow collar around the edge, and lots of rings of lacing around the edges of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of biscuity and grainy malts are present in the nose along with notes of yeast and hints of grassy hops.
T: The taste follows the smell, having flavors of biscuit and grainy malts, grassy hops, and yeast.
M: It feels just about medium-bodied and clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This lager seems to be yeasty and in some aspects shares similarities to the smell and taste of a kellerbier.

Serving type: can

 

 

 

 

 

 

The appearance was a bright glossy yellow color with a slim transparency about it. Two fingers worth of white foamy head slid off delicately. Mild lace.
The aroma covered a spread of grassy hops, light black pepper, lemon/citrus sweetness, and a light biscuity to subtle grainy sweet character.
The flavor yields to the sweetness initially between the lemon, grassiness and grainy to biscuity malts. Not much of an aftertaste, but seemed somewhat of lemony and grainy.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps a touch under having a fantastic sessionability about it. Carbonation and ABV felt fine. Crisp smooth yet grainy sort of finish.
Overall, a bit grainier than wanted for the style but this will do the trick for the most part.